The pool hall located above the Palladium was called Julian’s. Great old retro place that held up well despite numerous nouveau pool halls nearby. There’s some great video during the Academy’s Concert days in the dvd “All Dolled Up”, a documentary on the NY Dolls. The band actually shot a promo w/ them beginning in the Meatpacking District(or area fka Mtpkg District), then going down 14th Street and ending at the entrance to the Academy. I saw two concerts at the Palladium. The first, The Outlaws, was the loudest I’ve ever attended. The second show, on a cold wet spring night in 1983, we picked up tickets on what was a very seedy 14th Street and ended up in the 9th row for U2. Finally, long after the celebs abandoned the nightclub, it attracted a rough, mostly black crowd. I believe a bouncer was shot to death in front of the place. Ironically, Japanese guide books still had it listed as a “hot spot” and it was a funny juxtaposition of them lined up outside w/ the locals all waiting to get thru the metal detectors.
The pool hall located above the Palladium was called Julian’s. Great old retro place that held up well despite numerous nouveau pool halls nearby. There’s some great video during the Academy’s Concert days in the dvd “All Dolled Up”, a documentary on the NY Dolls. The band actually shot a promo w/ them beginning in the Meatpacking District(or area fka Mtpkg District), then going down 14th Street and ending at the entrance to the Academy. I saw two concerts at the Palladium. The first, The Outlaws, was the loudest I’ve ever attended. The second show, on a cold wet spring night in 1983, we picked up tickets on what was a very seedy 14th Street and ended up in the 9th row for U2. Finally, long after the celebs abandoned the nightclub, it attracted a rough, mostly black crowd. I believe a bouncer was shot to death in front of the place. Ironically, Japanese guide books still had it listed as a “hot spot” and it was a funny juxtaposition of them lined up outside w/ the locals all waiting to get thru the metal detectors.